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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Zouheir Moussly <zouheirmoussly777@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 04:25:07 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hello

I am Zouheir Moussly Personal assistance to, Syria Deputy oil minister to
President Bashar al-Assad.

I am presently in Syria right now and as you may know there is a serious on
going crisis and war going on in my country Syria at the moment.

I have duly resigned my position because I did not support the regime of
the President which has continually brutalized and killed innocent people
here and for that reason, most of us are put under house arrest and held by
the government for not supporting their bad activities.

The crisis in our country Syria is getting worst every day and I have taken
this decision for the betterment of my people and family and prefer to die
rather than to join hands in killing our people.

I am sick and now can't do anything due to my inability to move around
since we were all held by government authorities.You may have a little look
over what is happening in our country Syria presently by opening the below
link on my email:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9103136/Syria-open-warfare-on-streets-of-Homs.html

I am seeking your assistance to secure the sum of US$16,400,000.00 (Sixteen
Million Four hundred thousand United States Dollars) to your country or any
safe country as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care
until I found my way out from here.

This money is genuine. and was given to me from the compensations from
various Oil Companies operating in Syria over time and by the grace of
Allah SWT, I was able to secure this during my time in office in a security
firm outside my country. One part was kept in West African country while
the other portion was lodged in as a consignment in a security company in
Europe.

Life they say is in the hands of Almighty God, I don't know if I will be
alive or not because this war is getting worse every day and people are
being killed here and there, for this reason ,I have decided to seek the
assistance of a God fearing foreigner who will act as my trustee and
beneficiary to claim this funds and invest part of it in a good business
until I am free again.

If you be willing to assist me in this transaction, your share of the sum
will be 25%, and 5% will be removed also by you to take care of all the
expenses we will make in the course of securing this money, which
altogether will be 30% to you.

The era of our wicked President Bashar al-Assad Government here in Syria is
gradually and closely coming to an end with the involvement of United
Nation and the Arab league because of his killing and evil activities.

You will never regret this help. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest in this email box for security reasons

Thanks for your understanding and awaiting for your reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Zouheir Moussly

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